He spent his earliest years in post-World War Two refugee camps. He came to America and grew up in Cleveland - stealing cars, rolling drinks, battling priests, nearly going to jail. He became the screenwriter of the world-wide hits Basic Instinct, Jagged Edge and Flashdance. He also wrote the legend[...]

Joe Eszterhas has written some of Hollywood's biggest hits - "Basic Instinct"; "Flashdance" - and walked away with some of the largest writing cheques in the industry's history. In "The Devil's Guide to Hollywood" he reveals everything he knows about the movies - the players, the personalities, the [...]